Slow slip events in Costa Rica detected by continuous GPS observations, 2002-2011

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Jiang, Yan ^a   Wdowinski, Shimon ^a   Dixon, Timothy H ^b   Hackl, Matthias ^c   Protti, Marino ^d   Gonzalez, Victor ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; GPS; SSE; subduction zones; tremor

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

COASTAL AREA; COMMON MODE; COSTA RICA; RANDOM WALK; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; REDUCED VELOCITY; SLOW SLIP EVENTS; SSE; SUBDUCTION INTERFACE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; SURFACE DISPLACEMENT; TRANSIENT DEFORMATION; TRANSIENT EVENTS; TREMOR;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

DEFORMATION; DISPLACEMENT; GPS; NOISE; PLATE TECTONICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COSTA RICA; NICOYA PENINSULA;

EID: 84860231217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GC004058     Document Type: Review

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